Polish satellites were shot into orbit from the NASA centre in the United States. The KRAKsat which was built by students from Cracow is to conduct innovative tests in space. The second satellite, Światowid, is the first Polish commercial satellite. Their creators spoke about the mission and impressions after the launch.

Months of work will be needed to restore clean oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline from Russia to Europe, Belarus said on Tuesday, after Western oil consumers suspended imports of Urals crude due to contamination.

Despite rapid preparation for action, firefighters from Darzlubie, northern Poland were prevented from rapidly leaving to fight a forest fire. Why? Because someone had parked their van in front of the exit. Fortunately, help was on hand.

A cab driver from Wrocław faces life in prison for chasing a cyclist, knocking him off his bike and driving his car over him. The prosecutor's office has charged him with attempted murder.

Jakub K. has simultaneously been involved in hanging pictures of politicians on gallows and also providing legal advice to the organizers of a celebration of Adolf Hitler's birthday. Furthermore, he is an employee of a court in Katowice and has provided legal advice to the deputy minister of justice. Both the court and Mr Jaki (deputy minister) claim they will end all cooperation with Jakub K.

Teachers have suspended their strike and are returning to schools, after a 19-day unsuccessful struggle for salary increase. Monday was the first day back with their students. They still cannot be sure whether they will be paid for the days when they were protesting.

Thousands protested around the Czech Republic on Monday against a justice minister nominee they fear might meddle with a criminal case involving the prime minister.

Slovakia's Supreme Court rejected on Monday a motion to dissolve the far-right People's Party Our Slovakia which is expected to do well in next month's European Parliament elections, saying it did not find enough evidence it was a threat to the country's democratic system.

What's the best way for visas for Poles travelling to the USA to be lifted? Poles should apply en masse for visas. The US Ambassador to Poland is encouraging Poles to do so, as the more applications, the greater the chance that the number of rejections will be below than 3 percent. This is the magic barrier that's been hard to break up until now.

Around 1,000 people, many eating bananas to make their point, protested in front of Warsaw's National Museum on Monday over a decision last week to remove artworks deemed "indecent" by the museum's director.

Two years ago a storm devastated the forest in Rytel in northern Poland. At a nearby campsite, two girl scouts fell victim. Now, over a thousand people have come together in a large drive to plant trees in the area, to restore the beauty spot to its former glory.

In three years, the Polish Navy will have four new AW101 helicopters. Head of the Polish Ministry of Defence, Mariusz Błaszczak has signed an agreement worth 1.65 billion zlotys. The deal includes a logistics training and medical package.

Poland's interest in the F-35 is encouraging, said the Secretary of the US Airforce Dr Heather Wilson. She added that the US will send a team to show Poland what the F-35 can do. She also highlighted that the United States values the commitment that Poland made to the mission in Afghanistan after the September 11 attacks.

An ambulance with a patient going for a transplant got stuck in traffic and precious time was wasted. All of this because of the metal barriers erected for road work that made it impossible to pass cars. The ambulance managed to make to the hospital a half an hour late. Fortunately, they were able to avert a tragedy. Nevertheless, paramedics from that ambulance warn that such narrow roads can create a deadly trap.

The sunny and warm weather that we've been enjoing for the last few days, unfortunately, has its darker side. When there's a lack of rain, the possibility of forest fires drastically increases. Add to that the fact that farmers are also complaining about drought in their fields. On Wednesday (24 April) there were 265 forest fires and more than 500 grass and brush fires.

Clean Russian oil had reached the border with Belarus by midday on Monday, a Russian official said, five days after European refineries suspended imports because of contamination in the Druzhba pipeline.

Donald Tusk made a statement regarding the euro being introduced to Poland. The former Polish prime minister and sitting president of the European Council regarding the debate on whether or not to join the Eurozone.

According to a poll conducted by "Gazeta Wyborcza", 70 percent of respondents said that there should be an investigation into the Srebrna company scandal and the so-called Kaczyński tapes.

The head of the Polish Teachers' Union (ZNP) Sławomir Broniarz recommends teachers to restrict their work activities only to didactic duties. "All that is included in the teaching quota, we shall carry out. We recommend, however, that teachers should radically limit their activity in all the other fields," he told TVN24 reporter.

Poland is unlikely to leave the European Union, even if the ruling eurosceptic Law and Justice (PiS) party wins re-election this year, EU executive head Jean-Claude Juncker said in an interview published on Monday.

Historian specializing in medieval history, communist era dissident and opposition leader, political prisoner, recipient of the Order of the White Eagle, professor Karol Modzelewski died on Sunday (28 April) in Warsaw at the age of 81 - oko.press portal informed on Sunday evening.

At the city hall in Cracow there is a new machine, where residents can recycle used plastic PET bottles. They will get 10 groszy for each bottle.

Jarosław Kaczyński wrote a letter to the leaders of parliamentary factions, asking them to sign a joint declaration. A declaration that is to guarantee that Poland will not introduce the euro until the country until catches up to the economic levels of its Western counterparts.

The court has decided. The man guilty of murdering a young woman and hiding her body in a sofa will spend the rest of his life behind bars. During the investigation, 31-year-old Artur W. admitted that he had killed 20-year-old Kaja, two years ago. However, the reaction of the police is as shocking as the crime itself. It took nine days and three visits to the killer's apartment for them to discover the body.

The long May weekend is starting with very high temperatures, up to 25 degrees Celsius. However, it won't last. As the long break gets underway, the cold is moving in with rain and even storms.

Hot, dry summers are fanning an unprecedented outbreak of bark beetles that are destroying vast swathes of central Europe's spruce forests which define the region's landscape.

Although the teachers' strike is over for now, the minister of education Anna Zalewska is still under pressure. She survived a late-night vote to remove her from the ministry, but shadows still hang over her.

Russia plans to restore oil supplies via its key Druzhba pipeline to Europe before the end of April, after joint talks with Belarus, Ukraine and Poland on Friday in Minsk.

On the 18th of May, the European Coalition is to organize a big march in Warsaw. "Anyone who wants independent and European-oriented Poland is invited," said the leader of Civic Platform Grzegorz Schetyna at a convention in Poznań on Saturday.

Poland's biggest oil refiner PKN Orlen has no plans at the moment to tap strategic state oil reserves after supplies from Russia stopped overnight, as it has enough crude from other sources, a board member said on Thursday.